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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1911
Page
3
The Iowa House passed a bill authorizing sterilization by state institutions targeting habitual criminals, drunks, idiots, drug fiends, and hopelessly insane wards. Proponents argue it would deter crime and remove vicious instincts, while opponents warn against rights violations.
George H. Ellis Jr returns from a trip to New York and Boston noting increased eastern money seeking secure western fruit lands. He reports New England firms consider Northwest property, aiming for four to five percent interest, with strong inquiries about Okanogan and territory north of Wenatchee. He predicts a better year for the region than the 1907 panic.
A long misfit item mocks Whitesville Banner editor and notes jokes about a woman editor. The Albany Ledger quotes and mocks the circulating piece and jokes about editors from Missouri. A humor piece recounts an ad salesman boasting broad circulation and a Buffalo Bill political note.
A London Tit Bits tale presents Dr John Donne as a Sherlock Holmes figure. While a grave is dug a skull is found with a headless nail in it. Donne investigates the brandy‑drunk proprietor murdered after a night of hard drinking. He confronts the wife whose husband dies. she confesses and is executed.
The piece extols juggling as a valuable diversion for sedentary people and bedridden patients alike. It suggests juggling can educate disused neural centers, improve nervous poise, and serve as a preventive against certain paralysis, while noting restraint from dissipation.
A physician recalls meeting a shy schoolgirl in a sparse district who rode with him to her home. Weeks later the mother shares the girl said the doctor talked with her so long she feared being charged and had no money to pay for the conversation.
In his journal Longfellow recalls attending a church where the minister spoke on Progress and quoted about half of the Psalm of Life, saying he could not read it without inspiration. He then notes a counterpoint encounter with a woman at Prescott's who pointed out the quotations’ unknown source.
A dealer guarantees the vehicle with a boast that there is no come back to their output. Mr Jug gins rejects the sales pitch asking for a car with return attachments, recalling a prior bad experience and seeking assurance. The exchange appears in Harper s Weekly.
A Toledo Blade humor strip contrasts a husband asking for less cooking with a wife who explains she saves by utilizing leftover dishes. The manga style exchange underscores thrifty domestic wit.
A quip from the New York Times mocks the wealth of the man named Gotroxs calling him a multimillionaire with more money than brains. The remark questions the value of wealth without intellect.
A San Francisco News Letter critique contrasts editors and doctors. It argues editors must be born not made and cites apologies lawsuits and funerals as outcomes for mistakes.
In Chelan County Washington plaintiffs seek to quiet title to lots 20 21 22 23 24 in block 7 Leavenworth against unknown heirs and various defendants. The court orders appearance within sixty days after April 1911 first publication. failure risks judgment by default. The case aims to remove a cloud on title and establish plaintiffs as owners in fee simple subject to recorded mortgages. Attorneys Lewis J Nelson Leavenworth.
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